Mad Catz R.A.T. Pro X3 Gaming Mouse (USB/Black/16000dpi/10 Buttons) – MR05DCINBL001-0

I’ve gotten this mouse coming from a G502 and previously an M65. Neither of which were sufficiently wide for my fat hands.This mouse does not disappoint in terms of ergonomics – key, the width of it in real terms can be configured to be far in excess of contemporary offerings from Logitech, Corsair, et al. And that’s the core part of it, can be configured – I’ve tried this mouse with a palm, crab, and fingertip grip and with the correct configuring it could be made comfortable for any. The left thumb rest rotates and extends/retracts allowing a wider grip or narrower grip as wanted, and the pinky grip can be replaced with a full rest. Frankly, ergonomically it is pretty much perfect – all contact points will always be on the soft plastic far from any sharp points in the design and it can be configured as is needed, it’s no heavier than the 502 and only about 20g over the M65, though if you are using the pinky rest the lack of contour does increase the effort needed to lift the mouse if needed. The overall finish is high quality soft plastic all over, similar to the G502’s main buttonsThe sensor is flawless, I don’t think I need to go over that – you could put this sensor in a rock and it would technically be an excellent mouse.In terms of build quality, this is a notable improvement over the older Mad Catz products – the side buttons are notable solid in place, all exchangeable components are built to very high precision, and the unneccesary aluminimum elements (base, etc) have been removed in favour of hard plastic which is more flush with the mouse components and far lighter. The wheel is surprisingly decent quality – low resistance on the axis and very light feeling, but still clicky – it’s no hyperscoll wheel but it’s sufficiently decent to live with.Now this is where my praise unfortunately ends. The aesthetic is understandably divisive – while I don’t mind it the RGB lighting does make the “gamer” design far more egregious than any other mouse on the market, and the painted on markings are somewhat ugly in all honesty.The skeets have a small issue where if you have a tendency to rapidly and repeatedly lift off the mouse you will rub some of the base plastic on the left skeet against your mat – for some reason this skeet is far lower profile and extended by plastic to make contact alongside the other skeetsThe current software offering is completely atrocious. Starting out, applying profiles has hard locked my PC twice at this point, secondly the default macros and key inputs that can be applied to the buttons do not quite work – they provide input of the key or shortcut for exactly 1ms, which is typically not picked up. Further, there is currently no option to “hold” the input, which is a major failing for many macro applications. Fortunately, I do not currently have a need for such functionality but this is a large portion of my lowered rating.I cannot stress how awful the software utility currently is – all profiles are stored on the mouse’s internal memory, however there is no indiciation of what profile you are modifying, though applying changes within the software will immediately apply the changes to whichever profile you are modifying – in effect, this leaves you with 1 profile that can be actively modified in reality which must be applied to a secondary slot and then your active profile then be modified (repeat) which is a ridiculously unintuitive process and not something I can really explain in full.Following install, the Mad Catz utility also fails to place any shortcuts within the start menu or list the program in the installed programs list – this is easily bypassed but is syptomatic of this mouse’s overall largest failing. If Mad Catz can get their software sorted, then this would be overall an excellent mouse.And in conclusion, the current pricing of the product (£100!!) is well over the value of this mouse. If the software utility was up to industry standards and the price dropped to at most £80, ideally at or below £75, this mouse would get a wholehearted recommendation for those who require a wider mouse thanks to the excellent overall ergonomics and choice of a flawless sensor, but as is I can only recommend this if you truly need a wider mouse with a flawless sensor than even the Razer Naga due to the thickness of your hand completely screwing with the ergonomics of such narrower mice.Amazon also asked me to review battery life. This is a wired product. Amazon please fix.

I have literally been waiting for this mouse for years since it was first announced! Having been a RAT 9 owner for many years, I was very happy with its funky design, customisable features and weighty feel (by adding the optional weights) … its design is true in keeping with the pleasingly outlandish RAT design philosophy. The materials used are clearly of a high quality & whilst the palm-rest is adjustable, the thumb-rest is now static … hey ho, I can live with that.And now for the problems:In order to set user profiles and use the advanced features of the mouse, the quickstart guide points you to their website’s download section. Going there, you’ll find a whole host of devices listed … but not this one?!?! I contacted Mad Catz asking where I can get hold of the software and its almost been a week since and I have no response.Since then, I have noticed that the mouse won’t always work when the PC boots (disconnecting/reconnecting it works). I suspect this is a driver/software related issue, however my previous point illustrates the importance of good customer/device support.Despite the quality of the actual mouse itself, I am quite disappointed … been waiting for a long time for this and stumped up the rather steep £220 to buy. However, I’m not willing to pay the price for what is one of the most expensive mice on the market today, only to experience intermittent connectivity issues and seemingly non-existent customer support … this one is going directly back to Amazon for a refund.

So, wer kennts nicht?Nach Jahren der Nutzung geht deine Maus kaputt.Und wärend du noch die Entäuschung über das gerade verschlissenen Objektes fühlst, freust du dichauf der anderen Seite wieder mal ne abwechslung am Schreibtisch zu kriegen.In form einer neuen Maus.Nach Überlegung mir eine Logitech oder Konsorten zu holen,war mir aber klar, dass ich noch keine so gute Maus wie die R.A.T 5 benutzt habe sei es vor der R.A.T 5 oder bei Freunden..minimale lift-of distance, super ergonomie (einstellbar für jede Hand), gut anfühlende matte Oberfläche,und sehr sehr guter Sensor.Das war die R.A.T 5Nun zum eigentlichen Testobjekt. Die R.A.T 6+Naja. Ich wollte halt eine Maus die so weit wie möglich der alten ähnelte , damit ich mich nicht großartig umgewöhnen musste und nach der Arbeit wieder vernünftig zocken kann ,ohne mehr mit der Maus kämpfen zu müssen als mit den Gegnern.Und was ankahm war und ist der Hammer!Gleiche Haptik wie erwartet , mit kleinen aber feinen verbesserungen der rote (jetzt schwarze) precision knopf ist nicht mehr so knackig und fühlt sich etwas weicher an, was tausendmal angenehmer ist. Die Linke und Rechte Maustasten sind jedoch trotzdem knackig.Das Zweite Scrollrad ist nun gummiert und fühlt sich auch deutlich besser an.Die besonderheiten der Maus sind die gute ergonomie und einstellungsmöglichkeiten, seitens hard und software:Man kann Gewichte der Maus zu und entladen.Die Handablage vergrößern und verkleinern.alle knöpfe sowie das zweite scrollwheel freibelegen, (habe die dpi switch tasten z.b. für screenshots und videoaufnahmen belegt )Die software hat sogar einstellungen für die distanz auf der die Mausaufhört das pad zu tracken! super.bin super pingelig bei so kleinigkeiten und selbst , das ich die maus beim zocken genau 18 grad schräg nach links halte wird von der software super genullt. unfassbar!und falls du für verschiedene games verschiedene Maus einstellungen brauchst, auch hier lässt dich mad catz nicht im stich. Per Knopfdruck switchst du die Profile und hast in einer Sekunde von deinem Shooter auf dein Strategie Spiel Profil gewechselt. Und keine Sorge, je nachdem wie du es eingestellt hast (was nicht so schwer ist wie es klingt)ändert sich die Farbe der Maus leds damit du weißt in welchem Profil du dich gerade befindest. Dieser Knopf ist leicht zugängig aber nicht ausversehen drückbar.links an der maus sind 4 leds die die höhe der eingestellten dpi zeigen. nichts besonderes aber trotzdem nice to have.Ich kann ohne schlechtes gewissen die R.A.T 6 allen die Interessiert sind empfelen.und hoffe selbst wieder auf 7-8 Jahre ruhe vor dem nächsten Mauskauf.am pad Kratzt die Maus auch nicht, ich würde dem Menschen der die anscheinend fehlerhafte bekommen hat sie zurück zu schicken.ach und der sensor ist natürlich auch super, aber davon geht man ja doch aus bei dem preis 😉

I do like FPS games and I was always finding that my pinky was resting on the table/mouse mat, getting in the way and created inconsistency (must blame the tools!). I’d been looking for ages for something with a “shelf” for both the thumb and pinky rest. This one was expensive, but I went for it.I plugged it in and had a go at “physically” configuring it… moving the thumb rest, palm rest, angles, distance, etc. At first I found it quite fatiguing to hold, but little tweaks and I got comfortable.I initially found it great for the smoothness, but difficult to be really precise as that resting pinky did used to give me a little bit of pivot point.After a few months of adjusting, I do feel it’s done what I wanted it to. I more consistent aim and I feel a little bit more accurate than I was before! So, someone looking for the same sort of thing should go for it.I did clip the mouse “feet” early on on my hard mouse mat and it caused a scraping feeling. However, I contacted support and they sent me a couple of packs of “feet”. So that was good service.The one downside to the mouse is the software. It has lots of configurability, but it’s not that user friendly. The worst bit is that the settings are stored on the mouse, so when you load the software… it doesn’t load the current settings. When you feel like tweaking it a bit, you need to remember what you set it to before. Not great!I’d have given it 5* if it weren’t for the software… but if you know to write down/export your settings…